Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen

3 reviews

godswarriorgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is one of my favorite historical fiction books that I have read recently. Sarah was an incredible main character, and I loved watching her journey from scared little girl to a competent and crafty spy. All of the characters were utterly believable and I flew through the pages, disappointed when I was done. I would recommend that this book be made into a blockbuster, but no on-screen film can live up to the experience of reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Violence, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Child abuse, Bullying, Racism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Car accident

mayr3adsab00k's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Genocide, Murder, Police brutality, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Medical content, Mental illness, and Misogyny

mjwilliamson's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This is probably the best book I’ve read this year. It is incredibly dark and though I should have expected this from a book set in Nazi Germany, I didn’t. There are horrors mentioned in this book that I don’t want to imagine, but the writing is so good that it is impossible not to. The character of Sarah was interesting and conflicting. I thought her inner turmoil between being what she needed to be vs who she was was very interesting. Action was well written, the characters were interesting and I was wholly invested in Sarah’s story. I look forward to reading the second book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Mental illness